Navaho

[ nav-uh-hoh, nah-vuh- ]

noun

, plural Nav·a·hos, Nav·a·hoes, (especially collectively) Nav·a·ho,

1. Navajo.

Navaho

/ ˈnɑː-; ˈnævəˌhəʊ /

noun

1. -ho-hos-hoes-jo-jos-joes a member of a North American Indian people of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah
2. the language of this people, belonging to the Athapascan group of the Na-Dene phylum

Word History and Origins

Origin of Navaho¹

C18: from Spanish Navajó pueblo, from Tena Navahu large planted field

Example Sentences

The same table that gives us the Uta and Navaho vocabularies, gives us a Moqui one also.

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Space does not permit mention of many who have worked with the Navaho language.

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Antonio Narbona came from the province of Chihuahua, as lieutenant of soldiers sent to repel a Navaho raid.

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For over twenty-five years the United States government had much difficulty with the Navaho.

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But he was able to control himself enough to follow other crewmen down a hall of the station toward the Navaho.

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